cookie-cutter

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Recent Examples of cookie-cutter Hoteliers are doing away with the cookie-cutter beauty, spa and restoration services and connecting with local healers, traditions and things endemic to the area. Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 On the outside, a house in Lynn Haven, Florida, blends in with its cookie-cutter looks — with its captivating pewter color and 1950s suburbia vibes, the home doesn’t tip off any crazy alarms. Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025 On the runways two themes emerged: a return to a classical femininity and a call for individuality and the end of cookie-cutter, formula dressing. Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025 A lot of time and money is invested in ensuring your home makes a first impression that represents the style and personality of those living inside it, and having a duplicate on the street makes the neighborhood feel more cookie-cutter. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cookie-cutter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookie-cutter
Adjective
  • Until Black Panther’s record breaking $235 million opening, conventional industry wisdom held that films with predominantly Black casts typically underperform financially overseas.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • At a computer convention, Trent (Fleck) expresses excitement over programs that Josh (Macer) has devised for keyboard, mimicking conventional instrumentation.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • At the time, Latinos were often cast in stereotyped roles with heavy accents and largely denied the opportunity to direct features.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Content that sounds good but which is entirely derivative will become very easy to create (and to promote using AI).
    Jim Euchner, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • There are maybe too many moments that feel derivative of The Revenant, and Betty Gilpin could have had more to do.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Cookie-cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookie-cutter. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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